How to Choose an International School in Istanbul: Why Heritage Matters
The International School Market in Istanbul: What Families Face Istanbul is home to a remarkable array of international schools, offering curricula from British to American, IB to Turkish national, and everything in between. For newly arrived families, or for those reconsidering their options, the range of choices can feel overwhelming. Price points vary widely. Marketing […]
The Whole Child: Academic Excellence, Character and the Education That Lasts a Lifetime
There Are Schools. And Then There Is Reigate Grammar School Istanbul. Some schools measure their success in examination results. Others in university placements. A few in the impressiveness of their campus. At Reigate Grammar School, we have measured our success differently for 350 years: in the kind of people our students become. Not just what […]
What Is a British Independent School and How Is It Different From Other International Schools in Istanbul?
Not All International Schools Are the Same Istanbul is home to a range of international schools and to the uninitiated, they can appear broadly similar: fees in a similar range, campuses with impressive facilities, marketing materials that speak of excellence and global citizenship. But the differences between them, in curriculum philosophy, pastoral tradition, heritage and […]
On the Hills Above the Bosphorus: Why RGS Istanbul’s Location Is Unlike Any Other School in the City
An Address That Tells a Story Eski Kısıklı Caddesi, Üsküdar. For those who know Istanbul, that address says something before a single word of marketing has been spoken. Kısıklı sits in the Çamlıca quarter of Üsküdar, on the elevated green hillsides of the Asian shore, with views across the Bosphorus to the European city beyond […]
British Education in Istanbul: What It Really Means and Why It Matters for Turkish Families
A Question Worth Asking For Turkish families considering RGS Istanbul, one question often comes first: what does a British education actually mean for my child? Not in the abstract sense, not the marketing language about heritage and rigour, but in the practical, lived sense. What will my child experience every day? What will they know, […]
Why Families on Istanbul’s Asian Side Have Been Waiting for a School Like This
The Asian Side Has Always Deserved Better Ask any family living in Kısıklı, Çamlıca, Altunizade, Çengelköy or Kandilli about international schooling in Istanbul and they will almost always say the same thing: the best options have always been on the other side of the Bosphorus. For years, families on Istanbul’s Asian side, one of the […]
Joining the Reigate Grammar School Family in Istanbul: A Step-by-Step Admissions Guide
Joining a Family That Began in 1675 When a student joins RGS Istanbul, they are not simply enrolling in a school. They are becoming part of a world-wide Reigatian family, one that traces its roots to the founding of the Reigate Grammar School in 1675, and one that now stretches across the globe wherever the […]
Sport, Arts and Co-Curricular Life at RGS Istanbul: Building the Whole Person Since 1675
The RGS Philosophy: Education Is the Whole Person Reigate Grammar School has always understood that education cannot be reduced to what happens in a classroom. The student who excels academically but has never been part of a team, never performed on a stage, never led a project or served their community, is only half educated. […]
Community, Character and Culture: The RGS Tradition in the Heart of Istanbul
A Tradition of Community: 350 Years in the Making One of the qualities that has always defined Reigate Grammar School is its sense of community. Not merely as a collection of students and staff sharing a building, but as a genuine family of Reigations, bound together by shared values, mutual respect and a common commitment […]
English Medium Education in Istanbul: Learning the Language of the World at a School That Has Always Taught It
English at the Heart of the RGS Tradition Reigate Grammar School has been teaching in English since 1675, long before English became the global language of science, business and higher education that it is today. Across 350 years, RGS has developed a deep institutional understanding of what excellent English education looks like: not simply the […]